The Arizona sentinel., 1887-10-01
LOCAL NOTES.

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 The steamer arrived Tuesday from up river
 Mir. Garland Post, of Mohawk, visited Yuma this week.
 The Territorial Prison Commissioners meet next Monday in regular session.
 Mr. Chas. Landon, who has charge of the construction of the Antelope canal, was in town last Sunday.
 Mir. Ed Mayes, President of the Ante ope Canal Co.,, arrived from Los Angeles on Tuesday evening.
 Miss E. James, Of Martinez, Cal. sister of Mrs. Geo. w Norton. arrived in Yuma last Saturday for a visit Of some weeks.
 The Tucson train was delayed about l2 hours on Tuesday. It arrived at about 3 a. n. on Wednesday and was the first through train since the washolt.
 Dr. Frank Field, brother of onr Supervis- pr, D. NJ F cid, arrived in Yuma last week on a visit and to secure some of the fertile lands of Yuma county.
 The Grand Jury of this county was sum noned last Monday, were sworn in at p. m., deliberated on cases, ignored all of them, made their report aud were dischag ed at p. m. This is undoubtedly the fastest tune on record.
 Col. Norton arrived home on Thurs day.
 Walter Millar left for home Wednes- lay.
 Col. Harwood leaves for California this moruing on business visit.
 Nr. Chas. W. Hackett was down from Sentinel Tuesday and Wednes- day.
 Mir. Frank, nephew of our merchant, Mir. A. Frank, is down from San Francisco on a visit.
 C. B. Waggy and Frank Avila re turned to their valuable landed estates on the Gila Wednesday.
 Dr. Lewis and family arrived in Yuma Tuesday evening after a visit of some weeks to Los Angeles.
 Dr. J. L. Shibley has returned and settled down to business again at his office next door to Gandolfo's store.
 The Prescott Courier advises Ari- onians not to patronize newcomers. Certainly a novel way of encouraging immigration.
 We noticed in the express office the other day bunch of wild hemp billed for San Francisco. It grew in the Colorado valley below Yuma and fully fourteen feet high.
 Col. Harwood, who has been up at the head of the Colorado and Gila canal for the past two weeks, returned Wednesday. His son Bert came down with him and returned the same day.
 The newspapers over in central Ari- zona are not very complimentary in describing the personal appearance of the Red Baroness of the Colorados They say she has a h-,or rather foot like a Kansas ham.
 Sheriff M. J. Nugent left Tuesday evening in charge of Manic Barrero and Etimio Baca, who were taken out of the penitentiary on habeas corpus and remanded to their respective counties, Apache and Pinal, for new trial.
 The genial agent of the Southern Pacific company at Yuma, recently received 9 present of an English blood hound, intended for the pursuit and capture of train robbers. It is noth- ng but'a pup as Yet, but it will grow n time
 Henry Avila, freight clerk and op orator for the Southern Pacific com pany at this place returned from San Francisco on Thursday evenings train. He brought with him tho little dau@h ter of Hon. Samuel Purdy, who has been absent year at school.
 During the quarter just ended twen tv-nine prisoners were discharged from the penitentiarv, term expired; five were pardoned, one transferred to the militarv prison in Illinois, and two sent on haheaS corpus to Pinal and Apache counties respectively for new trial.
 Wednesday night, Deputy Sheriff, ". A. Werninger received a dispatch from detective Thatcher, from Adonde stating that an attempt was made to wreck the express which left here for the East, at point nine miles above this place, and giving a minute de scription of the parties Mir. Wernin- ger immediately procured a posse and some Indian trailers and started for the place indicated Arriving there they feund a demolished push car " A hot pursuit at once began. Along in the forenoon Special Deputy, Pete Burke came upon the camp of the alleged wreckers. They proved to be